Three Things...Gratitude Thread

[WDWEPCOT]

Oooh fresh hot biscuits !!! Yummy !!!
Bring in the bacon !!!!!!!!

 

[PollyannaMom]

Eggs - DH can't start the day just with cereal or other "carby" breakfasts, so we always have eggs on hand.

Biscuits and gravy or Mickey waffles - depending on where we're staying, the things I have to have at least once for breakfast when we visit Florida.

A fond breakfast memory - DS and I used to have a tradition when he was little of "Lucky Charms sundaes" for breakfast on St. Patrick's Day - just cereal on top of vanilla ice cream instead of in milk, but it was a fun little thing to look forward to.

 

[leebee]

I don't eat breakfast, normally, but won't turn up my nose at brunch!

Eggs, over medium, and hash, preferably corned beef.

Any egg/meat/veg/bread combination that is swimming in Hollandaise sauce!

Good old bacon and fried eggs, over medium. I like to put down a piece of hot buttered toast, put on a layer of bacon, and top it with the egg. Cut down thru all for deliciousness! (OR put a second piece of toast on top and eat it like a sandwich- drippy but good!)

Honorable mention to really good sausage gravy (my sister makes killer sausage gravy, starting with browning the flour in the oven), McCann's Irish oatmeal, and lovely cheesy omelets!

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I will never say no to brunch !!!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Love all the rhymes, such fun

Breakfast these days is my favorite mealand hot

Scrambled

Mini bagels and cream cheese

I still look forward to our group breakfast potluck one day

 

[slo]

Good Monday Morning!

#1 - Milk & Cereal - I love love love cereal. Especially LIFE cereal. My all time favorite is Fruity Pebbles, but I haven’t eaten that in eons - to much sugar.

#2 - Eggos - I’ve always loved Eggos, especially the blueberry ones. You can’t get more convenient than them when you have a hankering for waffles.

#3 - Pancakes - Holy Moly do I love pancakes - LOVE them. I can bury myself in pancakes. I’m embarrassed to admit how many I can eat. I don’t eat them very often, because of all the carbs.

Did you all notice a trend in my answers…..
Cereal = sweet (sugar)
Eggos = sweet syrup (sugar)
Pancakes = sweet syrup (sugar)
Sugar & sweetness is something I gravitate to - love it!

 

[newski_mom]

A fond breakfast memory - DS and I used to have a tradition when he was little of "Lucky Charms sundaes" for breakfast on St. Patrick's Day - just cereal on top of vanilla ice cream instead of in milk, but it was a fun little thing to look forward to.

I love traditions like this!

My breakfast things:

1. Biscuits and Gravy - I rarely have them, but love them!
2. Bacon - need I say more lol!
3. Eggs - most mornings I have little egg bites that I prepare on Sundays for the week. Makes the morning so much easier!

 

[DianaMB333]

I love breakfast, I could do breakfast-type meals all day long LOL

Eggs - hard boiled, sunny side up, scrambled..

Greek yogurt with berries

Mozzarella cheese

Almond butter on a rice cake

Oranges

Cottage cheese with berries

Overnight Oatmeal with Soy Milk

chocolate milk

 

[TiggerTrigger]

I usually don't eat breakfast unless we're on vacation or doing a breakfast for dinner sort of thing. So, it's kind of a treat to have breakfast foods.

1. Corned Beef Hash- Every now and then, I find a place that doesn't use the right kind of corned beef or adds something sweet, but most times it is awesome. I've even had a few wild game versions that were great.

2. Most dishes with homemade Hollandaise- I don't care for traditional Eggs Benedict because I don't like English muffins, but I've had some pretty good modern interpretations. If Eggs Sardou or Eggs Florentine are an option, I'll usually go for those. My dad used to make those quite often growing up and we love things like this when we hit up NOLA. There's a restaurant in the FQ that has an amazing Eggs Benedict poboy. YUM! I also consider it a major food violation when places make their hollandaise from those dried sauce packets. It tastes nothing like the real thing.

3. IHOP - Hardly amazing food, but I have fond memories of it from when I was a kid and late nights during my just out of college years. I do miss the boysenberry syrup (Smuckers is the one to blame for that) and I hate that their chocolate chip pancakes vary so much by location, but it's also a source of fond memories for recent holiday trips. Before travel ball took over our world, we used to take a vacation over Christmas. When you're road-tripping, you find that not many places outside of resort areas are not open Christmas Day...but IHOP usually is. So, it became our go-to on Christmas vacation trips. While we were home this year, we decided to make some new IHOP memories. So, we went to the local one for Christmas breakfast, all dressed up in our holiday jammies. It's also a good excuse to bring some holiday joy with generous tips to those having to work on the holiday.

Honorable mention- LOX AND BAGEL!!! It's a favorite...and it was tied to many memories growing up, but it's nearly impossible to find a good bagel here so it's not top in my mind right now.

Second honorable mention- all of the amazing breakfasts we had in Europe. DH is more of an American breakfast kind of guy, but give me some good cheese, amazing breads, etc. and I'm a happy girl.

 

[1420Elexismc]

Coffee
Waffle House Waffles(I did find a similar mix that I am going to try out this weekend)
There is a diner near my job that has the BEST corned beef hash I have ever had-if I didn't think I would die from the sodium intake I could eat it everyday

 

[pixie3]

I don't really eat breakfast. Does coffee count as a meal?

Coffee
Home fries, hashbrowns (anything potato related)
Eggs (scrambled with salsa and a little bit of cheese)

and when I was a kid... Captain Crunch while watching Speed Racer eating off of my Strawberry Shortcake tv tray.

 

[bluecastle]

My home breakfast which consists of half an orange, and then a mix of blueberries and other fresh fruit, cottage cheese, half a vanilla yogurt and a small amount of O’s. And coffee, of course (Peet’s)

At WDW:
Cheese biscuits at WL
Cheesy potatoes at character meals
Cheesy eggs

 

[DaisyDuck001]

Breakfast burritos
Waffles
Omelets

 

[DawnM]

3 things you're grateful for beginning with A
1. My first name! I love my first name.
2. Alphabets! We had a speaker at church today who talked about linguistics and translation work, and how they have to make alphabets, and it was really interesting!
3. The Apollo program. Space travel is just fascinating to me.

(Sun, 5/19) - things you're grateful for that rhyme
1. Kid Vids - kids videos/movies are some of the best.
2. Backpacks
3. Book Nooks. Okay. So I'm kind of cheating on this one, because I'm really thinking of my closest library, which is much bigger than a nook. But my local library may be closing soon, so I'm extra grateful for it right now. There's another library pretty close that I'll still be able to go to, but much of my weekend has been following these developments which were very sudden to residents.

Was the speaker with Wycliffe? We live near their headquarters, well, not the Wycliffe one, that is in Florida, but the JAARS one, here in NC.

 

[DawnM]

Breakfast food

So, I do eat breakfast, but typically I eat leftovers from the night before and not food that is culturally considered breakfast food. I grew up overseas though, so that may be why. However, I do love actual breakfast food and will order it for dinner at places like Cracker Barrel.

Pancakes with either apple pie or strawberry pie filling on top with whipped cream.
Grits. I love grits, and I didn't even grow up in the South, but my mom did, and she would make them.
Sausage. I am picky about sausage, but I love good sausage.

 

[mumto3girls]

1. Coffee
2. Bacon
3. Chia seed pudding

 

[SpaceMan5]

Hard boiled egg whites from Costco - easy, time saver

Coffee - tall flat white from Starbucks

Life cereal on occasion.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Today's Topic - 3 pieces of wise advice you're grateful to have been given

 

[slo]

Good Morning!

#1 - From my Grandma - Always keep your house company ready, so you never have to say, “Don’t mind the mess, I wasn’t expecting anyone to come over.” Do I follow this advice? Yes I do - always! Now, my house may have a little dust and the floor may not be freshly cleaned, but everything is always vacuumed and put away. The bathrooms are always clean. To the naked eye, the house always looks clean. Sometimes I stand at the front door, in the entry way, and look around to see what others would see when standing there to make sure everything is acceptable.

#2 - From my Grandma - Always look like a million dollars regardless of the day, finances, emotions or anything else. Do I follow this advice? Absolutely! Even in the toughest times, I will always look like it’s one of my best days - probably better. The better I make myself look, the better I’ll feel, and I don’t want the way I look to show others how I feel. I don’t wear my emotions on my sleeve.

#3 - From my Grandpa - Never stop learning. Do I follow this? Yes - I enjoy reading about different things, going to museums and reading a lot of things posted at exhibits, watching documentaries and more. My DH recently, this year, started working at a Chicago museum, one that we’ve visited our entires lives. When he took the job, the first thing I said to him was - my Grandpa is smiling from heaven. He would be so proud and excited for you.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Good morning friends

Grandpa Sam showed me by how he lived to do so kindly. Grandma Dolores also taught me to believe in myself.

Mary, an elderly church friend, poignantly would often say to be happy. To not take on too much. Pray about and follow God's call in all. I am not always good about caring for myself. I would rather help someone else. God I have learned wants and trusts in me to take care. It is only when I am of healthy body and peaceful spirit that truly I am able to serve Him.

A former choir director and friend used to remind us (choir) that we didn't need to be sitting in a choir loft to sing to God. Also that each of us are called by Him uniquely to grow and help encourage another heart to do the same, heal, and choose to know Him deeper. We all are called to kindly serve.